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  • Chanderpaul out of CPL Pomersbach in

    West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been forced to withdraw from the first ever Caribbean Premier League (CPL) because of his contractual obligations with English county team Derbyshire. Organisers say Chanderpaul signed a contract with CPL, offering himself for selection but later realised that his commitment to Derbyshire provided for release only if it pertained to ...

  • WICB president meets regional dignitaries

    The president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has described a series of meetings he has been having with Caribbean prime ministers as "crucial" to the development of the sport in the region. Cameron's comments follow his latest round of meetings in which talks were held with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in Kingstown and Prime Minister of ...

  • US Cuba to discuss renewal of direct mail service

    The US and Cuba will discuss this week the possibility of re-establishing direct mail, suspended 50 years ago, a State Department spokesperson told EFE Monday. Talks of a "technical" nature will take place Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington among officials of the State Department, the US Postal Service and the Cuban government, said the spokesperson. "We think that re-establishing a direct ...

  • Lawsuit filed in Puerto Rico slaying of US banker

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; The widow of a banking executive slain in Puerto Rico has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bank's CEO and other high-ranking ...

  • Puerto Rico officials seize $24M worth of cocaine bound for US

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Authorities in Puerto Rico say they have seized $24 million worth of cocaine aboard a boat just south of the U.S. territory. U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez said Tuesday that the more than 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) of cocaine was bound for the U.S. She said three suspects from the Dominican Republic were arrested on a boat detected by a U.S. Coast Guard about 100 ...

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Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

Aside from its trite pun of a title, Billy Rays Shattered Glass is a scintillating morality play about the lengths to which some people will go in order to be accepted. The film is based on the true story of Stephen Glass, who has been called the most sustained fraud in modern journalism. A rising star who was already an associate editor for The New Republic by the time he was 25, G ... ...

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  • Ladies in White Returning to Cuba Re-energized

    When Berta Soler, leader of Cuba's dissident Ladies in White, returned to the island last month after her first-ever trip abroad, she felt ready to resume the grinding struggle against the communist government. Soler had received a hero's welcome in the United States and Europe. Large audiences had applauded her denunciations of the Castro system. And her group had secured new ...

  • Dominican leader warns Haiti of “drastic” measures on poultry ban

    Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Tuesday warned of possibly drastic measures to prevent Dominicans eggs and poultry's dependence on Haiti's market and ruled out shuttering the border as some sectors suggest, because "we don't have to go that far," calling the standoff trade dispute. He didn't specify what measures could be taken and announced a meeting ...

  • Titan Poker Launches Satellites to Caribbean Poker Tour

    For the first time, Titan Poker will send a delegation of poker players to enjoy a combined vacation and poker tournament experience at exotic Caribbean island ...

  • READER SUBMITTED Caribbean Culture Celebrated At Mass At Saint Justin And Picnic

    Archbishop Henry J. Mansell will celebrate a Mass, along with the Rev. Emmanuel Ihemedu, dedicated to the culture of the Caribbean on Sunday, June 23 at Saint Justin Church, 230 Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford, at 11 a.m. The Mass will open with a festive procession of colorful Caribbean flags. Liturgical dancers from Caribbean American Dance Company and steel pan drummers will participate in the ...

  • US collegians to host Cuba in July

    DES MOINES, Iowa -; The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" ...

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